Pre-Award: CCPA- Senior Strategy Plans Exercises and Policy Planners – USCENTCOM Public Affairs Support

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Barbaricum is seeking multiple Senior Strategy Plans Exercises and Policy Planners to support the anticipated United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Public Affairs Directorate (CCPA) at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The successful Senior Strategy Plans Exercises and Policy Planner will integrate public affairs into joint planning, operational exercises, and communication strategies supporting CENTCOM leadership priorities. This position requires an experienced leader capable of managing personnel, resources, performance, and contract requirements in a high-tempo military operational environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning activities for Joint Planning Teams and Operational Planning Teams, including mission analysis, course of action development, wargaming, comparison, and decision.
• Support CENTCOM exercises and operational planning with component commands, other combatant commands, and interagency partners; recommend approaches grounded in joint doctrine and planning systems.
• Coordinate CENTCOM strategies, plans, and policies and prepare draft products for joint planning teams and working group approval.
• Develop and coordinate public affairs guidance, talking points, communication strategies, and public affairs annexes or contributions to CENTCOM orders.
• Maintain awareness of current and future priorities and provide situational awareness during the transition from planning to execution.
• Coordinate with J3, J5, higher public affairs authorities, subordinate commands, and other stakeholders to integrate public affairs and synchronize information-related capabilities.
• Participate in CENTCOM boards, bureaus, centers, cells, and working groups; advise leadership on strategic and regional communication concerns.
• Support exercise planning conferences, provide planning updates, and prepare after-action reports; provide crisis response, mission travel, and continuity of operations support as required.

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance at the time of award.
• Bachelors degree in relevant field.
• At least five years of planning experience, including a minimum of three years of planning experience at a Geographic or Functional Combatant Command Headquarters.
• At least five years of experience in an information-related area: Public Affairs, Information Operations, Key Leader Engagements, or Civil Affairs.
• Ability to apply joint planning processes and doctrine, develop public affairs products, brief leaders, and coordinate planning activities across military and interagency organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Completion of Joint Professional Military Education I (JPME I).
• Corporate marketing or corporate communications experience.

Work Environment

This position is based at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, and requires regular coordination with USCENTCOM Public Affairs leadership and contractor personnel. Candidate should be available for domestic and overseas travel, including CENTCOM locations, and short-notice continuity of operations deployments. Must be able to protect classified and sensitive information.

Employment is contingent upon contract award and satisfaction of applicable security and customer access requirements.

EEO Commitment

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.